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2. Provision was made for bucket seats to replace one
stretcher, so that abdominal cases returning from
hospital could sit up more comfortably than they could
lie on a stretcher.
The ambulance is run by firemen, who have attained a very
high degree of efficiency in carrying out this work, but the necessity
of having a nurse always in attendance is a matter for your consideration,
and in the case of removal of women patients this is
most desirable.
Up to the present our firemen have always found that the
relatives or friends of the patient have carried out this duty, or,
where necessity has demanded it, the doctor in charge of the case
has himself travelled in the ambulance to the hospital, but you
will no doubt wish to put the whole matter on a more satisfactory
basis.